The Latest Breaking News from Downing Street

‘Operation Rinka’: rebel Tories raise pressure on Boris Johnson to resign

Nicknamed after dog shot in Thorpe affair, plan afoot to oust PM over Downing Street parties scandal

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2022

France reports nearly half a million new cases, a record increase; Italy records 228,179 daily infections – as it happened

France registers 464,769 new Covid-19 infections over the last 24 hours; Italy’s cases jump from 83,403 a day earlier

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2022

Five 'partygate' questions Labour wants Boris Johnson to answer

Long line of allegations about rule-breaking in Downing Street

Wales Online · Jan 17, 2022

Downing Street staff ‘started boozing at lunch as part of drinking culture’

Former official Sonia Khan said drinking had long been ‘normalised’ in Downing Street

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2022

‘Massive anger’: 40% of grassroots Tories want Boris Johnson to quit

Survey finds widespread discontent as MPs inundated with emails about Downing Street parties scandal

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2022

No10 denies Boris Johnson broke rules by commuting from Chequers during lockdown

Downing Street has denied Boris Johnson broke rules by commuting between his country mansion and No 10 during the first Covid lockdown.

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2022

Boris Johnson does not refer to himself as 'big dog' as No10 launches plan to save Prime Minister

The Prime Minister's official spokesperson did not put a timescale on when Sue Gray's report would be published.

Daily Record · Jan 17, 2022

Downing Street gives update on when England's Covid rules will end

“In terms of the data, there are some encouraging signs that infections are falling across the country,”

Wales Online · Jan 17, 2022

No 10 explains why Boris commuted during lockdown when rules said not to

Mr Johnson is reported to have travelled between his country house Chequers and No 10 Downing Street

Wales Online · Jan 17, 2022

Downing Street dodges questions over Boris Johnson's secretive 'commuting' from Chequers

Boris Johnson told the nation to stop any non-essential travel on 16 March 2020 - but continued to go back and forth from his Buckinghamshire retreat for days

Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2022